Gor Mahia FC players believe their crunch tie against nine times English Premier League champions, Everton FC, at Goodison Park on Tuesday night will offer a great platform to be identified by scouts.
This follows an earlier revelation by the head coach, Dylan Kerr, in September that former Liverpool FC captain and current Rangers FC coach, Steven Gerrard, would attend the match to look for talent.
“Personally, I’m going to give my best so I can land any available deal,” Gor’s attacking midfielder, Francis Kahata, told SportPesa News before the team departed for England on Friday morning.
“I’m urging my team-mates to make the best use of this opportunity to market themselves. Let’s make an impression because you never know who is watching,” Kahata underscored.
Captain Harun Shakava predicted a tough battle against the English opponents saying they are not ready to lose to Everton again.
“Our game plan will be to try to score early then defend well as a team. As you know the best way to shield is to attack, so we will mostly be on the offensive,” he underscored.
“My prayer is that the weather would favor us, I hear it’s very cold in Liverpool so this might affect our performance as we are not used to such climate,” he added.
Shakava is on his second trip to the United Kingdom having travelled with SportPesa All-Star side last year where they lost 2-1 to Hull City FC at the KCOM Stadium.
Rwanda International, Jacques Tuyisenge was equally excited ahead of the journey saying he looks forward to setting foot in London, his childhood dream city.
Tuyisenge is equally determined to score another goal for K’Ogalo the same way he did in 2017 when the two rivals met in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
“My back injury has totally healed so I believe nothing would stop me from finding the back of the net at Goodison.
“I will stretch to grab all the chances available, but most importantly, we will pack the defense as we look for goals up front,” he emphasized.
Tuyisenge and Uganda left back, Shafik Batambuze are scheduled to depart on Saturday after a visa hitch hindered them from traveling with the squad.
Gor fan number one, Jared Otieno Obonyo aka Jaro Soja also failed to travel due to the same reason but he’s hopeful to leave with Tuyisenge at the weekend.